Tyler O`Brien

Faculty - Associate Professor of Anthropology

Area

Physical Anthropology

Degrees

2003 Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, NY. Title: Cranial Microvariation in Prehistoric South Central Andean Populations: An Assessment of Morphology in the Cochabamba Collection, Bolivia.
1994 M.A. Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Title: Human Soft-tissue Decomposition in an Aquatic Environment and Its Transformation into Adipocere.
1991 B.A. Department of Anthropology, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY.

Cocilovo JA, Varela HH and O’Brien TG. 2010. Effects of artificial cranial deformation in the morphogenesis of the skull in the South Central Andes. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 21(3):300-12 DOI: 10.1002/oa.1141

Varela HH, O’Brien TG and Cocilovo JA. 2008. The genetic divergence of prehistoric populations of the south central Andes as established by means of craniometric traits. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 137:274-282.

* O’Brien TG and Sensor IL-A. 2008. On the effect of artificial cranial deformation on determining age by cranial suture closure. Growth, Development and Aging, 71:17-27.

O’Brien TG and O’Brien NR. 2012. Forensic Science Education Module: The New York Vikings: a forensic study in Anthropology, Archaeology and Geology. Ward’s Natural Science Company: Rochester, NY. [A laboratory practicum for purchase as a classroom project designed for High School and College level students.]